Month: October 2011

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Rest in Peace

February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011
[original design by Jonathan Mak]
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I found a tiny version of the Apple logo with Steve’s silhouette from the Internet. I think it was from Leo Laporte’s Twitter account. I forget this guy and now he’s famous. I’m not a graphic designer but churning out the tribute image above took a fraction of a minute on Keynote. New template –> black background –> paste image –> auto center –> add text –> export to images. It made me realize how much we’ve taken for granted what Steve put on the table for people who wanted to be creative but couldn’t because of technical limitations. Now that’s something huh?

If you would like to use this as your wallpaper I have made a bigger 1920 x 1080 version. You can view it here.

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Job Opening at Google: Country Consultant for Philippines

Our dear friend Aileen Apolo sent me a link to a job opening for a new Country Consultant for the Philippines. Yes, it does say it is a temporary post but I think that this is still a great opportunity to give your career a huge level up. To note, this is a sales job — online sales in particular with focus on the Philippine market and the job is also based in Singapore job is based in Manila.

The role will lead the growth of Google’s market development in Philippines, with particular focus to online advertising. The main areas of the role are promoting adoption of online marketing; evangelizing Google products and services; sourcing local partnership opportunities for marketing/ business development; and increasing Google relations with key government and industry agencies. Furthermore the Country Consultant will also advise on the development and implementation of the overall market strategy to promote Google’s standing in Philippines.

Also related, a big congratulations to Aileen for getting a huge step up to a regional position in Google!

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I’m giving away 3 really epic bags from Crumpler. Join my contest!

First off, I’d like to thank Charlie for sponsoring this giveaway to the readers. Crumpler has been really generous — they’re giving away three quality bags courtesy of ABL. I’ve been a long time Crumpler user, owning an assortment of bags and accessories (like this branded Crumpler toilet paper). I can attest to Crumpler’s durability, especially during the rainy season. I once had a 12″ messenger bag from Crumpler for my iBook that survived rainfall and being dropped in the mud. True Story.

Before we go on to the contest rules, let me show you the prizes:

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Second Netphone is a Samsung Galaxy Y. Free at Data Lite Plan 500 and All-in Plan 800. Only from SMART.

The cat is out of the bag.

The bag is really big and we have several cats inside.

There’s a bag and this is the second cat.

In the absence of a catchy introduction, we present to you the second Netphone model. The first Netphone which gained global attention was a rebranded ZTE Blade, donned as the Netphone 701. For those of you who were really interested about the SmarNet platform but wanted a different phone model, SMART now has the Samsung Galaxy Y running on SmartNet. It is free on the following plans:

Data Lite Plan 500
All-in Plan 800
Prepaid Kit: PHP 5,990 (insane OMG!!!)

You can preorder starting now, from October 1 to October 14 2011.

RESERVE THE SAMSUNG GALAXY Y NETPHONE EDITION NOW.

The Samsung Galaxy Y is a good entry level phone running on Android 2.3. Announced during the middle of this year, the phone will be out by the end of this year. SMART was able to install their SmartNet platform on top of it. So, if you’re looking for a more up to date Android device from Samsung and SMART, this is definitely something to look forward to.

The launch of the second Netphone from Samsung reinforces the SmartNet ubiquity of being more than just one phone. Netphone is here to stay and this is only the beginning.